Just bumped a listing on Craigslist for a steam locomotive of all things. The locomotive is at railroad oriented motel in Catawissa PA I have no interest, found it interesting that you would sell a locomotive on Craigslist!http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/atq/5803056099.html

Davenport-Besler Corp. construction number 2187, built April 1931 for the Dominion Construction Co. as their #2187. Sold at some point to Gulf Pulp & Paper Co. in Clarke City Quebec becoming their #38. 1969 sold to a private individual, and sold again to another private individual in 1985.PHOTO'S CAN BE SEEN AT http://www.caboosenut.com/davenport_engine.htm

The numbers on the cab side seem to be all the same side unlike the rest of the cab which the lines seem to have a vanishing point.

Is this a real deal? I might be seeing things and this is a valid deal.

Doug vV

_________________"... he felt that the will of the people should be observed. Which is all well and good, but ruling based on opinion polls, especially ones pushed by narrow agendas, is never a great idea." Throne of Stars - D. Weber, J. Ringo, 2003

I inspected this locomotive about 17 years ago maybe...... it had more of its parts at that point, the biggest problem was a missing journal brass at the time of memory serves. Perhaps the parts were removed for transport to lighten the load and are stored with the locomotive someplace nearby. Seems that would have been mentioned in the ad though. I think the current price is about 5 times what was being asked back then though.

_________________"Techies never minded eating bits and jots of their work. They were grit and grease inside and out and could turn a pile of junk into a magical kingdom."

Isnt asking $110,000 a bit high? I mean they wont even get nearly that amount from a scrapper. This whole thing reminds of that guy who owns BL&E 643 and will only except offer many times the value of the engine.

Davenport-Besler Corp. construction number 2187, built April 1931 for the Dominion Construction Co. as their #2187. Sold at some point to Gulf Pulp & Paper Co. in Clarke City Quebec becoming their #38. 1969 sold to a private individual, and sold again to another private individual in 1985.

I recall seeing an advertisement many, many moons ago (maybe prior to the above mentioned 1969 sale) offering two Gulf Pulp & Paper 0-6-0's for sale. I think the ad might have been in TRAINS Magazine. I think that the other one was number 46 or something like that. Is that locomotive still around too, and if so, where at?

Davenport-Besler Corp. construction number 2187, built April 1931 for the Dominion Construction Co. as their #2187. Sold at some point to Gulf Pulp & Paper Co. in Clarke City Quebec becoming their #38. 1969 sold to a private individual, and sold again to another private individual in 1985.

I recall seeing an advertisement many, many moons ago (maybe prior to the above mentioned 1969 sale) offering two Gulf Pulp & Paper 0-6-0's for sale. I think the ad might have been in TRAINS Magazine. I think that the other one was number 46 or something like that. Is that locomotive still around too, and if so, where at?

Kind of interesting that these two Davenport built locomotives were built for a company in Canada. I would think that there may have been some saddletankers that ended up there, but I wonder if these were the only Davenport steamers with tenders that were built new for a Canadian concern. Anybody know for sure, one way or the other?

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